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money than we asked for. It is now cer- 

 tain that we can make the experiment 

 next season. 



We decided to rear some pheasants 

 and ducks and wild turkeys, in addition 

 to the quail and grouse, and we suggest- 

 ed to the contributors to our fund (after 

 they had subscribed) that the crop of 

 game be donated to hospitals entertaining 

 soldiers and sailors returning from 

 abroad. 



Disposition of the Game. 



We said nothing about the disposition 

 of the game in asking for contributions, 

 since we did not wish to make a charit- 

 able appeal but wished to ascertain if 

 there was enough interest in the breed- 

 ing of American game, by proper meth- 

 ods, to produce the needed funds. We 

 look forward to the experiment with 

 much pleasure and we are glad to be 

 able to show Uncle Sam we can do some- 

 thing even if he thinks we are too old 

 to shoulder arms. We have no doubt 

 we can send a ton or two of desirable 

 game to the hospitals. 



An Afterthought. 



It occurred to us that while we were 

 about it we might as well keep the hos- 

 pitals full of game so that all of the 

 nurses and doctors as well as the pa- 

 tients can have all the game they can 

 eat. We do not know just how much 

 this will take but we believe members 

 of the Game Conservation Society can 

 furnish it. We feel sure they can. We 

 feel sure they will. They certainly can 

 if all of the breeders will set a few 

 more eggs than usual and donate a per- 

 centage of the game they rear. We be- 

 lieve they will do this when we ask them 

 to. We believe it will be a patriotic 

 pleasure for them to do this. They should 

 be glad to make a demonstration of how 

 much game there is in the country now 

 that it is legal to produce the food in 

 many states. 



Our Plans Outlined. 



We propose to ask shooting clubs 

 which have been in the habit of selling 



a good lot of game to hotels and dealers 

 to donate a percentage of the game they 

 would otherwise sell. Individual pre- 

 serve owners, ditto. We propose to ask 

 all the big commercial breeders who sell 

 thousands of game birds every season 

 to set a few more eggs than usual and 

 to give liberally. The prices for game 

 are high and rising. All breeders are 

 making money and if a big lot of game 

 is used in the way we suggest the prices 

 for what remains to be sold will be still 

 higher. 



We shall ask all the small breeders, 

 including a hundred or more women 

 members of the society who are breed- 

 ing game, to give something. Any of 

 them should be able to set one more hen 

 and to give a dozen birds. The amount 

 of game we will get from small breed- 

 ers we are sure will be surprising to 

 those who think America is a gameless 

 land and that a few more game laws will 

 help matters. 



The state game farms will be asked 

 to donate a part of their crop. 



We may decide to purchase a lot of 

 eggs and send them to those who will 

 help. We believe some eggs will be do- , 

 nated by members of our society. 



Two Committees. 



We shall appoint two committees, one 

 to superintend the distribution of the 

 game and to designate just how it should 

 be distributed; one to superintend and] 

 direct the farm we propose to operate] 

 and to represent the contributors. 



Turkeys and Turkeys. 



The World, N. Y. says : 



Prices for turkeys have been fixed at from 

 28 to 37 cents a pound. That is better than 

 the go-as-you-please price-fixing of supply 

 and demand, but it is a long way from the^ 

 times when a turkey cost a charge of pow- 

 der and a handful of buckshot. 



You will be interested to learn, deal 

 World, no doubt, that the time whe 

 wild turkeys become cheap in the Amei 

 ican markets rapidly is approaching. The 

 food will be produced by a charge of 

 powder, etc., but the turkey will cost" 

 something to produce. Since, however, 

 he lives largely on- grasshoppers and 



